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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. An approved plan for a project - plus or minus approved changes. it is compared to actual performance to determine if performance is within acceptable variance thresholds. generally refers to the current baseline - but may refer to the original or so






2. Collect project performance data with respect to a plan - produce performance measures and report and disseminate performance information






3. Schedule network diagramming technique in which schedule activities are represented by boxes or nodes. schedule activities are graphically linked by one or more logical relationships to show the sequence in which the activities are performed






4. Total costs actually incurred and recorded in accomplishing work performed during a given time period for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. actual cost can sometimes be direct labor hours alone - direct costs alone - or all c






5. An entry in the work breakdown structure that can be at any level






6. An artifact that is produced - is quantifiable and can be either an end item in itself or a component item






7. Buyer pays the seller a set amount (as defined by the contract) and the seller can earn an additional amount if the seller meets defined performance criteria






8. Hierarchal organization where each employee has one clear superior and staff are grouped by areas of specialization and managed by a person with expertise in that area.






9. Subdivision of a phase






10. The statue - quality or sense of being restricted to a given course of action or inaction. an applicable restriction or limitation - either internal or external to a project - which will affect the performance of the project or a process.






11. Documents utilized in bid and proposal activities - which include the buyer's invitation for bid - invitation for negotiations - request for information - request for quotation - request for proposal and sellers responses






12. An estimating technique that uses the values of parameters - such as scope - cost - budget - and duration or measures of scale such as size - weight - and complexity from a previous similar activity as the basis of estimating the same parameter or me






13. Subsystem of overall project management system. collection of formal documented procedures that defines how project work will be authorized to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time and in the proper sequence.






14. Directing - managing - performing and accomplishing the project work - providing the deliverables and providing work performance information






15. The process of prioritizing risks for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact






16. Group of potential causes of risk. such as technical - external - organizational - environmental - project management. a category may include subcategories






17. Features and functions that characterize a product - service or result






18. Graphical representation of situations showing causal influences - time ordering of events and other relationships among variables and outcomes






19. Document describing how project risk management will be structured and performed on the project. contains the list of project risks - the results of risk analysis and risk responses






20. The acquirer of products - services or results for an organization






21. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity (at the summary level)






22. Logical relationship where initiation of the work of the successor schedule activity depends upon the initiation of the work of the predecessor schedule activity






23. Extending or generating parallel schedule network paths from the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by schedule activity with more than one successor activity






24. Modification of a logical relationship that directs a delay in the successor activity. activity with a 10 day lag - cannot start until 10 days after an activity is finished






25. A diagram that describes a decision under consideration and the implications of choosing one or another of the available alternatives. it is used when some future scenarios or outcomes of actions are uncertain. it incorporates probabilities and costs






26. Aggregation of the processes - tools - techniques - methodologies - resources and procedures to manage a project






27. The enterprise whose personnel are directly involved in doing the work of the project






28. Developing a document that formally authorizes a project or phase and documenting initial requirement that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations






29. Someone with management authority over an organizational unit within a functional organization.






30. Process which generates hundreds or thousands of probable performance outcomes based on probability distributions for cost and schedule on individual tasks. the outcomes are used to generate a probability distribution for a project as a whole.






31. A mutually binding agreement that obligates the seller to provide the specified product or service or result and obligates the buyer to pay for it






32. The time in calendar units between the start and finish of a schedule activity






33. Type of procurement document used to request proposals from prospective sellers of products or services.






34. Narrative description of products - services or results






35. Risk response planning technique associated with threats that seeks to reduce the probability of occurrence or impact of a risk to below an acceptable threshold






36. Deliverable that is subject to approval by the project sponsor or customer






37. The process of finalizing all activities across all of the project management process groups to formally complete the project or phase






38. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence






39. Degree - amount or volume of risk that an organization or individual will withstand






40. Amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following schedule activities.






41. Analytical technique to determine the essential features and relationships of components in the project management plan to establish a reserve for the schedule duration - budget - estimated cost or funds for a project






42. Processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - distribution - storage - retrieval - and ultimate disposition of project information






43. Document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organization resources to the project activities






44. Identifying - documenting - approving or rejecting and controlling changes to the project baselines






45. Specific type of management activity that contributes to the execution of a process and that may employ one or more techniques and tools






46. Processes and activities of the performing organization that determine quality policies - objectives and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken






47. Reviewing all change requests - approving changes - and managing changes to the deliverables - organizational process assets - project documents and project management plan






48. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity can start - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.






49. Collection of projects or programs and other work that are grouped together to facilitate effective management of that work to meet strategic business objectives






50. Calculation of the early start and early finish dates for the uncompleted portions of all network activities